What attributes do you need to be a successful CEO? Have great interpersonal
skills? Treat people with respect? Be a good listener? Be open to
criticism?
Not according
to a recent research study by Steven Kaplan, a professor at the University
of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
In fact, some
of those interpersonal skills can actually be counterproductive to
a CEO's success.
Kaplan and his
colleagues found that aggressiveness pays off. CEOs who were most
persistent and proactive were more than twice as likely to be successful
than those who were not.
I was interviewed
for this article in order to comment on these rather startling conclusions.
I think you'll
find it makes for interesting reading.
Speaking of which…
things posted on social websites can also make for interesting reading
for potential employers. Below is an article about how to make sure
you're presenting the best image possible.
Be Advised: More Employers are Searching Social Networking Sites!
Employers don't
just use Google to check out job candidates, they're relying more
on social networking. In fact, a study conducted by CareerBuilder
found that 45 percent of employers use social networking sites to
research potential job candidates.
Information technology
companies are most likely to screen candidates this way. Some 63 percent
of tech companies surveyed are scouring sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn
and MySpace to get an up-close, behind-the-scenes look at candidates
they just can't get from interviewing or reading resumes.
So if you're in
the job market - or may be in the future - be aware of what you put
out on the Internet. If it's out there - good or bad - it's just a
mouse click away from a hiring manager.
And the results
can be catastrophic. CareerBuilder's survey revealed that 35 percent
of employers found content that caused them not to hire a candidate.
With that in mind, here are some tips:
Google your
name to see what content is out there on the internet.
Check out the
other major social networks to make sure you have made the impression
you want to make.
Identify the
web pages where you have posted your resume or other work-related
items and make sure they are up-to-date and reflect on you positively.
Remove any
content that reflects negatively on you.
Provocative
or inappropriate photographs or information top the list of red
flags to employers. When in doubt, take it out.
Create positive
content about yourself and try to get it to be as high as possible
in the search results.
Write and submit
well researched, articulate letters-to-the-editor to the top trade
publications in your industry. Focus on current, relevant issues.
Purchase your
name as a domain name and create an active website that makes the
best impression possible.
Post articles
that you write that show your expertise on free publisher websites.
Write comments
on other blogs that show your level of intelligence, expertise and
experience.
"Be
more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your
character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely
what others think you are."
~ John Wooden
"It takes
20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you
think about that, you'll do things differently."
~ Warren Buffett
"I've never
seen a monument erected to a pessimist."
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